Monday

May 20, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

Haitian crisis

Gang war in Haiti

Toussaint Louverture International Airport reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

Aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

The container ship Dali is refloated and escorted by tugboats back to the port of Baltimore. (AP)

Law and crime

Julian Assange is allowed to appeal extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States. (Reuters)

Russian military commissariats attacks

A court in Novosibirsk, Russia, sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an arson attack against a military recruitment office with directions from Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

19th Congress of the Philippines

Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri resigns as Senate president. Senator Francis Escudero is elected to the position. (ABS-CBN News)

2024 South African general election

The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules former President Jacob Zuma ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his jail sentence in 2021. (Al Jazeera)

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